| Emma Gilthorpe | |
| Birth Name: | Charlotte Emma Tiffany Gilthorpe |
| Nationality: | British |
| Education: | Leicester Polytechnic |
| Occupation: | Business executive |
| CEO-designate, Royal Mail | |
| Term: | May 2024- |
| Relatives: | Tony Newton, Baron Newton of Braintree (stepfather) |
Charlotte Emma Tiffany Gilthorpe (born 1970) is a British business executive, and the chief operating officer of Heathrow Airport since 2020. She is the CEO-designate of Royal Mail, and will start in May 2024.[1]
She was educated at Leicester Polytechnic.[2] She has a brother and a sister. In 1986, her mother Patricia Gilthorpe married the Conservative politician Tony Newton, Baron Newton of Braintree.[3]
She is a practising barrister, and was called to the bar in July 1996.[4]
Gilthorpe worked in the telecoms industry, with BT Group and Cable & Wireless plc, and joined Heathrow Airport in 2009.[1]
In March 2021, she was appointed CEO of the Jet Zero Council, a UK trade body.[5]